thumbed

An archaic adjective meaning 'having a thumb' or 'marked by the thumb,' now rarely used except in compound forms like 'well-thumbed' or 'green-thumbed'.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее 'имеющий большой палец' или 'отмеченный большим пальцем', в настоящее время редко используемое, за исключением составных форм, таких как 'well-thumbed' или 'green-thumbed'.

1. Worn or soiled by handling B2 formal

   Describes pages or books that have become worn, dirty, or marked from being frequently handled or turned by thumbs and fingers.

   • The library book was well-thumbed and had many dog-eared pages.
   • He pulled out a thumbed copy of the old novel from the shelf.
   • The pages of the dictionary were thumbed and stained from years of use.

   🇷🇺Потрепанный

   Synonyms: dog-earedfingeredgrubbymarkedsoiledworn

• more thumbed comparative form
• most thumbed superlative form

A verb meaning to press, touch, or manipulate something with the thumb, or to signal by sticking out the thumb.

• 🇷🇺Глагол, означающий нажимать, касаться или манипулировать чем-либо большим пальцем, или подавать сигнал, выставляя большой палец.

1. Press with thumb B1 informal

   To press, touch, or manipulate something using the thumb.

   • He thumbed the button to start the machine.
   • She thumbed through the pages of the magazine.
   • He thumbed the remote control to change the channel.

   🇷🇺Нажимать большим пальцем

   Synonyms: manipulatepresspushtouch

2. Hitchhike B2 informal

   To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles, typically by signaling with the thumb.

   • They thumbed a ride to the coast.
   • He thumbed his way across the country.
   • She thumbed a lift from a friendly truck driver.

   🇷🇺Путешествовать автостопом

   Synonyms: hitchhitchhike

3. Signal disapproval B2 informal

   To express disapproval or rejection by pointing the thumb downward.

   • The audience thumbed down the performance.
   • The committee thumbed the proposal.
   • Critics thumbed the movie as a failure.

   🇷🇺Выразить неодобрение

   Synonyms: turn thumbs down

   Antonyms: approveendorse

• thumbed past participle
• thumbed past simple
• thumbing present participle
• thumbs third person singular